shunpike

noun

Definition of shunpikenext
as in side road

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shunpike
  1. side road
  2. side street
  3. secondary road
  4. high road
  5. street
  6. roadway
  7. road
  8. highway
Noun
  • Video from the scene showed investigators methodically walking across freeway lanes looking for evidence as a river of morning commuters moved around the closure on side roads before getting back on the freeway.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
  • Residents feared those small streets would become side roads for drivers looking to avoid traffic on Mallard Creek Road.
    — Desiree Mathurin April 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of side road
Noun
  • But when renovating an 18th-century apartment on a side street in the Marais, architect Clément Lesnoff-Rocard boldly undid a number of alterations to the home over the years.
    — Felix Wagner, Architectural Digest, 11 July 2026
  • The second car drives onto a side street, stays there for just under two minutes, with the driver even getting out for a few seconds, before taking off.
    — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 26 June 2026
Definition of side street
Noun
  • Thousands of miles of secondary roads are still paved this way today.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 2 Aug. 2025
  • Black ice is expected to form, especially on secondary roads and areas with runoff from melting snow.
    — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Definition of secondary road
Noun
  • In anticipation of high road traffic on game day, local officials will extend the closure of Tasman Drive.
    — Noe Padilla, USA Today, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Unfortunately, there is no high road to take here when the president and the Republicans thrive in the ditch.
    — DP Opinion, Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2025
Definition of high road
Noun
  • Standout among those streets is the neighbourhood of Shamibag in Dhaka, which is home to FIFA Goli (alley or lane in Bangla), which has been organised by Al Amin Hossain Robin.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • Japanese festivals often serve as ways for deities to be brought into the streets for sacred or ritual purposes while also bringing communities together in celebration.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
Definition of street
Noun
  • Cal Fire officials said night-flying helicopters attacked spot fires overnight while bulldozers cut a fire line along a ridge east of Sand Creek Road after flames crossed the roadway.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2026
  • Shaking from a quake could damage wharves, piers, buildings and roadway above the seawall.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of roadway
Noun
  • What’s different this time is getting to the Diner, as both Santa Monica Blvd (which the Diner faces) and Sunset Blvd are seeing extended road work – some of it due to a water main that burst on July 16.
    — Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Two Boston city councilors are pushing for a change in city law that would require Mayor Michelle Wu to report street projects annually as Wu faces criticism for stalling road work before a city employee was killed by a truck.
    — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 22 July 2026
Definition of road
Noun
  • As a result, industrial and off-highway vehicles represent one of the most significant and underappreciated opportunities in electrification today.
    — Darren Tan, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • As cars and roads multiplied, accidents began to pile up; by the mid-sixties, there were more than fifty thousand fatal highway accidents per year.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of highway
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